Responses of the threatened aquatic plant Ottelia alismoides to water level fluctuations

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Yu, Ling Fei ^a   Yu, Dan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometric analyses; Conservation; Disturbance; Fluctuations; Ottelia alismoides; Water level

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AQUATIC PLANT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUIT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOLERANCE; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA;

OTTELIA ALISMOIDES;

EID: 77954612000     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0174-0295     Document Type: Article

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